Protect your modesty from the TSA with radiation-deflecting underpants

by Steven Mostyn - Nov 22 2010, 05:59

Many air-bound travellers are probably filled with dread at the thought of having their bodies totally exposed by new full-body airport security scanners capable of peering through clothing.

However, while there’s no escaping the advances of technology as the U.S. strives to protect itself from attack, there is perhaps still a way for us to partially preserve the modesty associated with our ‘best bits’.

Colorado-based inventor and engineer Jeff Buske has created a line of specialised underwear that comes complete with fliexible metal inserts designed to protect the wearer from harmful radiation whilst also obscuring the view of screening staff working for the Transport Security Administration (TSA).

“The object is not to make money but to protect the public, educate people and ultimately see these X-Ray machines put in the dumpster,” outlined Buske, owner of the newly developed Rocky Flats Gear range, in a CBS4Denver report.

While not the most attractive underwear one is ever likely to purchase, the Rocky Flats underpants have a strategically embroidered leaf patch directly over the pubic region, while the sports style bra comes with twin leaf patches perfectly positioned to cover the nipples.

However, whilst wearers may have their blushes spared by donning Buske’s somewhat disruptive garments, the inventor insists the metal inserts within the leaves will not hide anything potentially incriminating from TSA screening staff.

According to the TSA, its body scanners use perfectly “harmless” imaging technology and emit levels of radiation deemed to be within safety parameters by the federal government and the John Hopkins University.

Although refusing to offer any official comment regarding Buske’s line of underwear, the TSA confirmed that samples from the Rocky Flats Gear range have been dispatched for evaluation.

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